Communist Party of Scotland
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The Communist Party of Scotland (CPS), also known as Pàrtaidh Co-Mhaoineach na h-Alba, was established in 1991 when the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was disbanded and re-formed as the Democratic Left think-tank. Many Communists in Scotland disagreed with this decision and instead set up the CPS, with its headquarters in Partick, Glasgow. Some 280 former members of the CPGB in Scotland joined the new party including Mick McGahey, who had been a leading member of the National Union of Mineworkers in the 1970s and 1980s. Former CPGB General Secretary Gordon McLennan is also associated with the party.
The current national secretary of the CPS is Eric Canning. The CPS has fought no parliamentary elections, but has been supporting the Scottish Socialist Party in recent times. The CPS does not feature much on the Scottish political landscape, but they do continue to sponsor a councillor, William Clarke, in Fife.
They support Scottish independence and Eric Canning is honorary convenor of the Independence First (IF) movement which is campaigning for a referendum on Scottish independence.
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- Perspectives for Scotland:critical review of a 2007 CPS pamphlet from the London New Worker
- CPS support for Scottish independence -- Support for this statement includes Eric Canning
- A Scottish socialist flyteing -- Eric Canning article in Scottish Left Review July/August 2006[3]
Publish a monthly bulletin. Annual membership is £10 waged and £5 unwaged. Headquarters are now at Fourth Floor, Room 3a, 52 St Enoch Square, Glasgow.
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